STRIFE IS A ROLLER COASTER

Ups and downs a feature of season as Gypsies are derailed by Blues following highs of Dubs derby treble

- BY MARK McCADDEN

WE should have seen it coming. One team coming into this one on a hot-streak back-to-back injury-time derby wins - and the other with seven defeats in their last eight games.

So, in this topsy-turvy season, there was only going to be one winner.

Perhaps Waterford, fresh from a run that cost their former Bohemians boss Keith Long his job, seeing off Bohs, buoyant after last-gasp winners against Shamrock Rovers and St Pat-rick's Athletic, should be viewed as a predictable outcome in this most unpredictable of seasons.

Because, 13 games into this glori-ously turbulent campaign, we should be used by now to outcomes that make little sense.

It's also worth noting that Water-ford's seven-game losing run began with a 3-0 home defeat to last night's hosts, adding to the unlikely nature of last night's outcome.